TAIPEI -- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. is to fast-track crucial chips for cars in a dramatic move by the world's biggest contract chipmaker to ease a semiconductor shortage that is crippling the global automotive industry, Nikkei Asia has learned.
TSMC expects to bring in so-called "super hot runs" for automotive chips to cut production cycle times by up to 50%, sources familiar with the matter said, as carmakers scramble to secure supplies.
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